Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Preface xiv
5. Introduction. Penguins in the Paris Underground 1
6. Part I. Aesthetic Transfigurations
7. Chapter 1. Tourism and Magic 15
8. Chapter 2. Creole Beautiful 33
9. Chapter 3. Cultivating Society as a Human Garden 48
10. Part II. The Hospitality of the Garden
11. Chapter 4. Hospitality and Love 71
12. Chapter 5. Bougainvilleas at the Riverside 86
13. Chapter 6. Poachers in the Coral Garden 97
14. Part III. Cultivating the Human Garden
15. Chapter 7. History as an Aesthetics of Everyday Life 119
16. Chapter 8. Towards a Global Gardening State 134
17. Endnotes 153
18. Bibliography 171
19. Index 187